After Mark Swain was attacked in south St. Louis in October by two men he believes were trying to steal his dog, he initially suffered in silence — anxiously trying to figuring out how he could afford to replace the teeth that were knocked out on his poverty-level income.But then a chance meeting with Lucy Hannegan at her Dutchtown shop, Twice Blessed Resale, led to a GoFundMe campaign, and that led to media coverage — first on the RFT's website, then on KSDK (Channel 5).
And now not only have friends and strangers alike fulfilled Swain's funding goals (the GoFundMe tipped over its $3,500 goal last week).…